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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (2602)	11/18/2000 7:57:28 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Cobalt Blue - Re: "A failure to strictly comply with trivial rules isn't a felony." The individuals involved are each represented by an attorney and are not acting like this is trivial. Individual attorneys is the way it is done in criminal cases; an attorney for the group is typical for civil cases. They may not be guilty, and importantly are presumed not guilty, but they are concerned. It is easy to construe the act of altering an invalid application already submitted to make it a valid application that distributes a ballot as a "request for an absentee ballot". Consider section 2 of the statute you cite: "(2) Except as provided in s. 101.62 or s. 101.655, any person who requests an absentee ballot on behalf of an elector is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084."